Focus on Vision: Inspecting Batteries, Novel Sensor Technology | June 4, 2025
In this episode of Focus on Vision, Vision Systems Design covers the following news stories:
- Averna (Montreal, Canada), an integrator, has designed a battery inspection system for examining batteries that uses cameras, powerful lighting systems, and machine vision software.
- eyeo (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), a spinoff of imec, a research center with expertise in photonics, is developing new sensor technology that eyeo says breaks resolution limits. Notably, the technology directly hits individual pixels to allow full light sensitivity and natural color fidelity. Related: Photonics Hot List May 16, 2025
- Peak Technologies, (Littleton, MA, USA) an industrial automation specialist, has acquired Automation Intelligence (Flint, MI, USA) a systems integrator focused on robotics and machine vision. Related: Peak Technologies Acquires Automation Intelligence
About the Author

Justine Murphy
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for the Laser & Military Group at Endeavor Business Media. In addition to Vision Systems Design, the group includes Laser Focus World and Military & Aerospace Electronics. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.